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South Korea-Thai MoUs set for signing Agreements span various sectors Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak welcomes South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his spouse upon their arrival for the official visit to Thailand on Sunday. (Photo from @MFAThai Twitter account) Thailand is scheduled to clinch six memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with South Korea on Monday on smart cities; Industry 4.0; education; water development; rail, transport and infrastructure development; and military cooperation.The signing is to be witnessed by Moon Jae-in, president of South Korea, who is leading an economic team and companies to visit Thailand, and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Narumon Pinyosinwat, a spokeswoman in the Prime Minister's Office, said the cabinet approved six MoUs on Aug 27. The first MoU will be signed by Thailand's Digital Economy and Society Ministry and South Korea's Land Infrastructure and Transport Ministry. The two countries aim to … [Read more...] about South Korea-Thai MoUs set for signing

Japan and South Korea rescinded each other's favored export partner status on Friday and Seoul said it would review a military information agreement, as a long-running row between the US allies hit a new low. The two countries -- both democracies and market economies -- are mired in long-running disputes over the use of forced labor during World War II. Tokyo, which made the first move despite US calls for both to calm tensions, insisted it was acting on national security grounds rather than retaliation. "The government at a cabinet meeting today approved a revision to the export control law", Japan's Trade Minister Hiroshige Seko told reporters, referring to a so-called "white list". "South Korea, the only Asian nation on the list, will be removed." South Korean President Moon Jae-in called the move "very reckless", warning that "responsibility for what is going to happen next also lies squarely with the Japanese government". "We will never again lose to Japan," he added. Hours later … [Read more...] about Japan, South Korea trade tit-for-tat export blows

SEOUL: One of the two missiles North Korea fired into the sea on Thursday (Jul 25) flew 690km and was a "new type" that South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff had not seen before, an official in Seoul said.Earlier in the day, the JCS said the two missiles were launched just after dawn from Wonsan on the North's east coast and flew more than 430km before falling into the sea.But it released a separate statement later, saying the second weapon fired by the North flew 690km and was understood to be a "new type of missile", citing an analysis by South Korean and US intelligence authorities.It was the North's first missile test since an impromptu meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last month that produced an agreement to resume a working-level denuclearisation dialogue.Analysts said the latest tests signalled Pyongyang's anger over planned US-South Korea joint military exercises scheduled for next month.Pyongyang earlier launched short-range … [Read more...] about North Korea fired ‘new type of missile’ not seen before: Seoul

SEOUL: A simmering diplomatic row with Japan is threatening South Korea's output of components that drive smartphones and computer displays, which analysts say could batter the global tech market and hike prices for consumers.Tokyo last week said it would restrict exports of three chemicals vital to South Korea's world-leading chip and smartphone industry in an escalation of a decades-long dispute over Japanese forced labour during World War II.And with the issue showing no sign of ending any time soon, there are worries it could also delay the rollout of 5G technology and futuristic folding screens."If this situation persists, there may be reductions in production, which will drive up memory (chip) prices and certainly drive up end-product prices in turn," said Avril Wu, senior research director at Taipei-based market intelligence firm TrendForce.While South Korea holds stockpiles, shortages could set in after three months, she told AFP.On Wednesday (Jul 10), South Korean … [Read more...] about Japan-South Korea trade spat threatens global tech market

GANGJIN COUNTY, South Korea — Every morning on her way to school, Hwang Wol-geum, a first grader, rides the same yellow bus as three of her family members: One is a kindergartner, another a third grader, and the other a fifth grader. Hwang is 70 — and her schoolmates are her grandchildren. Illiterate all her life, she remembers hiding behind a tree and weeping as she saw her friends trot off to school six decades ago. While other village children learned to read and write, she stayed home, tending pigs, collecting firewood and looking after younger siblings. She later raised six children of her own, sending all of them to high school or college. Yet it always pained her that she couldn’t do what other mothers did. “Writing letters to my children, that’s what I dreamed of the most,” Hwang said. Help came unexpectedly this year from the local school that was running out of school-age children and was desperate to fill its classrooms with students. … [Read more...] about News
Running out of children, South Korea school enrolls illiterate grandmothers